Not eating as much

My baby will be 5 months on the 22nd... I noticed these past few days he isnt eating as much. He usually eats about 5 oz every 2-3 hours around 35 oz a day. Now he is eating around 29 oz he wont finish his bottles and turns his head to refuse the rest. I make sure he burps and then i try to give him the rest but still refuses. Is this normal? Maybe a growth spurt? Or a sign of teething?? Please help it has me worried. Hes still having plenty of wet diapers... Anybody else baby done this?

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But my lo does this sometimes too he usually downs 6oz like nothing and here lately been eating 4oz here 5 oz there and sometimes 6oz. He is all over the place with eating..doc never really gave me a answer besides making sure he has enough wet diapers a day and still gaining weight which he is or its usually gas pains for my lo too. Hope this helps ya some..

It’s normal. Average intake for babies this age is 20-30 oz daily. As long as he isn’t having fever or anything crazy going on just go with it. They go thru spurts where they’ll be more or less hungry and other than making us crazy, its generally nothing to worry about.

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